Fourth Grade: Teacher Mrs. Kathy Vehmeier

Mrs. Kathy Vehmeier, the fourth grade teacher,
has been teaching at Immanuel since 1990. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education
from Concordia University, Chicago (River Forest). She is married to Paul and has two
step-children, Jacquie and Nathan. Mrs. Vehmeier helps teach the Wee Ones in
Sunday School.

Forth Grade Curriculum Highlights:

Religion

Chronological survey of Bible history that emphasizes Bible literacy and discipleship

Increase in knowledge and faith

expressing and sharing faith through worship and witnessing

Language Arts

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs, and how to correctly use
them

Writing friendly and business letters

Writing a personal narrative, fictional stories, a research paper and a
persuasive essay.

Reading and analyzing various types of literature

Correct punctuation, capitalization and grammar

Spelling

Spelling words using knowledge of patterns and phonics rules.

Math

Mastery of addition and subtraction facts

Practice with multiplication and division facts

Practice with addition and subtraction of larger numbers

Multiplication and division by one digit

Introduction and practice basic measurement, time and geometry

Multiplication by two digits

Identify the ways that geographers gather and use information about the United States

Social Studies

Introduction to the basic geography of the United States

Identify the ways that geographers gather and use information about the United States

Study the relationships of the people to their country, region and state

Handwriting

Zaner-Bloser—review and master all lowercase and uppercase letters in manuscript and cursive